[Published: Tuesday November 13 2018]
 Amnesty strips Suu Kyi of top honour
MYANMAR 13 Nov (ANA) - Amnesty International has stripped Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour over her "indifference" to the atrocities committed by the country's military against the Muslim-majority Rohingya.
The UK-based human rights group on Monday said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Aung San Suu Kyi in 2009 during her 15-year house arrest.
"Today, we are profoundly dismayed that you no longer represent a symbol of hope, courage, and the undying defence of human rights," Amnesty chief Kumi Naidoo said in a letter to Aung San Suu Kyi released by the group.
"Amnesty International cannot justify your continued status as a recipient of the Ambassador of Conscience award and so, with great sadness, we are hereby withdrawing it from you."
The group said it informed Myanmar's leader of the decision on Sunday. She has so far issued no public response.
Once hailed as a champion in the fight for democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of a series of international honours over a Rohingya exodus that began in August 2017.
More than 720,000 Rohingya fled the Buddhist majority's western Rakhine State in a military crackdown since August last year, with most seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Many are believed to have been either murdered or tortured and raped.(ANA)
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